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Volume 52 - Issue 1 - February 1993

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Book Reviews—South Asia

Politics, Women and Well-Being: How Kerala Became “a Model.”. By Robin Jefferey. Houndmills: The Macmillian Press Ltd. xviii, 285 pp. $45.00.
Barbara N. Ramusack
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23 March 2011, pp. 190-191
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Socio-Economic Determinants of Health Systems in India under the Aspect of Colonial Structures. By Abdul Khaliq Kaifi. Frankfurt: R. G. Fischer Verlag, 1991. 284 pp.
Frederick L. Dunn
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23 March 2011, p. 192
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Civil Military Relations in South Asia: Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. By Veena Kukreja. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1991. 306 pp. $35.00.
Kanti Bajpai
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23 March 2011, pp. 193-194
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Friends, Brothers ans Informants: Fieldwork Memoirs of Banaras. By Nita Kumar. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. xi, 271 pp. $35.00 (cloth); $13.00 (paper).
Joseph S. Alter
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23 March 2011, pp. 194-195
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Religion and Society in Arab Sind. By Derryl N. Maclean. Monographs and Theoretical Studies in Sociology and Anthropology in Honour of Nels Anderson, No. 25. The Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1989. x 191 pp.
Richard M. Eaton
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23 March 2011, pp. 195-196
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The Powers of Art: Patronage in Indian Culture. Edited by Barbara Stoler Miller. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1992. x 338 pp. Rs. 250.00.
Joanna Williams
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23 March 2011, pp. 196-198
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The Romance Tradition in Urdu: Adventures from the Dāstān of Amīr Ḥamzah.Translated, edited and with an Introduction by Frances W. Pritchett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. xii, 272 pp. $35.00.
Ali S. Asani
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23 March 2011, pp. 198-200
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The Great Ascent: The Rural Poor in South Asia. By Inderjit Singh. Baltimore and London: The John Hopkins University Press, published for The World Bank, 1990. xxvii, 444 pp. $39.95.
Ravi Gulhati
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23 March 2011, pp. 200-201
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The Myths of Narasimha and Vāmana: Two Avatars in Cosmological Perspective. By Deborah A. Soifer. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991. xii, 321 pp. $49.50 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).
C. Mackenzie Brown
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23 March 2011, pp. 201-202
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The Discourse and Politics of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. By Anwar H. Syed. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. xvi, 269 pp. $49.95.
Ainslie T. Embree
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23 March 2011, pp. 202-203
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The Painful Transition: Bourgeois Democracy in India. By Achin Vanaik. New York: Verso, 1990. xi, 302 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $17.95 (paper).
Robin Jeffrey
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23 March 2011, pp. 203-204
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Pakistan's Security Under Zia, 1977–1988: The Policy Imperatives of a Peripheral Asian State. By Robert G. Wirsing. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. viii, 216 pp. $49.95.
Craig Baxter
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23 March 2011, p. 205
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Asceticism and Healing in Ancient India. By Kenneth G. Zysk. Oxford University Press, 1991, 200 pages.
Cromwell Crawford
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23 March 2011, p. 206
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Autobiographie. By Georges Boudarel. Paris: Jacques Bertoin, 1991. 436 pp. - Cent Fleurs Ecloses dans la Nuit du Vietnam: Communisme et Dissidence 1954–1956. By Georges Boudarel. Paris: Jacques Bertoin, 1991. 302 pp.
William J. Duiker
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23 March 2011, pp. 207-208
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Crossing the Industrial Divide: State, Society, and the Politics of Economic Transformation in Malaysia. By Alasdair Bowie. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. xvi, 222 pp. $40.00.
Donald R. Snodgrass
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23 March 2011, pp. 208-210
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Children of the Boat People: A Study of Educational Success. By Nathan Caplan, Marcella H. Choy, and John k. Whitmore. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1991. vii, 197 pp.
Paul James Rutledge
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23 March 2011, pp. 210-211
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Thai Women in Buddhism. By Chatsumarn Kabilsingh. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1991. xiii, 113 pp.
Marjorie A. Muecke
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23 March 2011, pp. 211-212
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A History of Singapore. Edited by Ernest C. T. Chew and Edwin Lee. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1991. xx, 442 pp. $59.00.
Thomas J. Bellows
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23 March 2011, pp. 212-213
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Pangasinan, 1801–1900: The Beginnings of Modernization. By Rosario Mendoza Cortes. Quezon City: New Day Publishers, 1990. xi, 175 pp. $13.75. Distributed by the Cellar Book Shop. - Pangasinan, 1901–1986: A Political, Socioeconomic and Cultural History. By Rosario Mendoza Cortes. Quezon City: New Day Publishers, 1990. xvi, 312 pp. $19.00.
Susan D. Russell
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23 March 2011, pp. 213-215
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Visayan Vignettes: Ethnographic Traces of a Philippine Island. By Jean-Paul Dumont. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992. xix, 256 pp. $39.95 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).
Ronald Provencher
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23 March 2011, pp. 215-216
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Book Reviews—South Asia

Politics, Women and Well-Being: How Kerala Became “a Model.”. By Robin Jefferey. Houndmills: The Macmillian Press Ltd. xviii, 285 pp. $45.00.

Socio-Economic Determinants of Health Systems in India under the Aspect of Colonial Structures. By Abdul Khaliq Kaifi. Frankfurt: R. G. Fischer Verlag, 1991. 284 pp.

Civil Military Relations in South Asia: Pakistan, Bangladesh and India. By Veena Kukreja. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 1991. 306 pp. $35.00.

Friends, Brothers ans Informants: Fieldwork Memoirs of Banaras. By Nita Kumar. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. xi, 271 pp. $35.00 (cloth); $13.00 (paper).

Religion and Society in Arab Sind. By Derryl N. Maclean. Monographs and Theoretical Studies in Sociology and Anthropology in Honour of Nels Anderson, No. 25. The Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1989. x 191 pp.

The Powers of Art: Patronage in Indian Culture. Edited by Barbara Stoler Miller. Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1992. x 338 pp. Rs. 250.00.

The Romance Tradition in Urdu: Adventures from the Dāstān of Amīr Ḥamzah.Translated, edited and with an Introduction by Frances W. Pritchett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. xii, 272 pp. $35.00.

The Great Ascent: The Rural Poor in South Asia. By Inderjit Singh. Baltimore and London: The John Hopkins University Press, published for The World Bank, 1990. xxvii, 444 pp. $39.95.

The Myths of Narasimha and Vāmana: Two Avatars in Cosmological Perspective. By Deborah A. Soifer. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1991. xii, 321 pp. $49.50 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).

The Discourse and Politics of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. By Anwar H. Syed. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. xvi, 269 pp. $49.95.

The Painful Transition: Bourgeois Democracy in India. By Achin Vanaik. New York: Verso, 1990. xi, 302 pp. $50.00 (cloth); $17.95 (paper).

Pakistan's Security Under Zia, 1977–1988: The Policy Imperatives of a Peripheral Asian State. By Robert G. Wirsing. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. viii, 216 pp. $49.95.

Asceticism and Healing in Ancient India. By Kenneth G. Zysk. Oxford University Press, 1991, 200 pages.

Autobiographie. By Georges Boudarel. Paris: Jacques Bertoin, 1991. 436 pp. - Cent Fleurs Ecloses dans la Nuit du Vietnam: Communisme et Dissidence 1954–1956. By Georges Boudarel. Paris: Jacques Bertoin, 1991. 302 pp.

Crossing the Industrial Divide: State, Society, and the Politics of Economic Transformation in Malaysia. By Alasdair Bowie. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. xvi, 222 pp. $40.00.

Children of the Boat People: A Study of Educational Success. By Nathan Caplan, Marcella H. Choy, and John k. Whitmore. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1991. vii, 197 pp.

Thai Women in Buddhism. By Chatsumarn Kabilsingh. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1991. xiii, 113 pp.

A History of Singapore. Edited by Ernest C. T. Chew and Edwin Lee. Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1991. xx, 442 pp. $59.00.

Visayan Vignettes: Ethnographic Traces of a Philippine Island. By Jean-Paul Dumont. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992. xix, 256 pp. $39.95 (cloth); $16.95 (paper).

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